Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery…
Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery that is disturbing. He scanned 5,000 of the top Alexa URLs, and, “76.6% of them include at least one vulnerable JavaScript library.”
Tim Kadlec writes about a discovery that is disturbing. He scanned 5,000 of the top Alexa URLs, and, “76.6% of them include at least one vulnerable JavaScript library.”
Kent C. Dodds explains what JavaScript features you should be familiar with when you’re learning and using React. Kent covers array methods, promises, async/await, template literals, and more.
Zack Bloom has concluded JavaScript Libraries “are almost never updated once installed.” 😮 The oldest version of jQuery included in CDNJS is 1.10.0 — released on May 25, 2013. Through Cloudflare, it still gets “gets an average of 100k requests per day, and the sites that use it are growing in popularity.”
Sarah Chima has written an excellent article for developers about local storage — what it is and JavaScript methods can be used to manipulate it. 🗄️
GoDaddy has been inserting JavaScript into some websites for the purpose of “collecting metrics to improve performance.” 😱 Someone reverse engineered the script — an impressive feat worth reading about just for how that was done — and it turns out the script works as advertised: “it tracks the user on the site, and it sends performance data.”…
K. Adam White shows off an experiment to make it easier to load and “hot reload” JavaScript blocks and plugins in Gutenberg.
In this episode, Corey Maass and Cory Miller discuss a range of topics related to the development of their new product Crop.Express, including the importance of empathy in designing user interfaces, the challenges of marketing and selling products, and the need for developers to collaborate with others and develop non-technical skills. They each share their experiences from working on various projects over the years and offer insights and advice based on these experiences.